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| 516.1 | excellent brake lights | ABACUS::KVAAVIK | Life, don't talk to me about life... | Fri Aug 28 1992 08:47 | 17 |
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Chad,
According to my knowledge (I moved away from Sweden 6 months ago)
brake lights like that are definitly allowed. You do not have to
have them but they do help showing the other people behind you that
you're stepping on the pedal.
Most cars that I've seen in Sweden do not have these lights by
default. You would usually buy and install them yourself. I've
found them quite useful when driving behind someone, especially in
a lot of traffic.
Regards,
Kaarina Kvaavik, ex swede now residing in NH, USA
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| 516.2 | | STKSPA::OSTMAN | | Sat Aug 29 1992 13:12 | 19 |
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I believe that, in Sweden. The brake lights are required on cars
manufactured after 198?. They sure are a good thing. Do you know
that a Swedish insurance company (Folksam) has started to put "black
boxes" in cars... To help them follow-up on car crashes. They claim to
be first with this. The funny thing is that the first manufacturer
to install this thing in cars sold in Sweden isn't SAAB or Volvo
but a Japanese manufacturer... Anyone knows if this kind of thing is
installed in other countries than Sweden?
/Kjell
RE .1
> Kaarina Kvaavik, ex swede now residing in NH, USA
And I who always believed you to be an American living in Sweden :+)
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| 516.3 | SF | KIPPIS::LOD | Just Do It ...! | Mon Aug 31 1992 03:21 | 8 |
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In Finland brake-lights are permitted, and most car manufacturers have
them as standard option. [By the way, few years back they were
prohibited - now they are recommended.]
Digital, as part of car policy, has them on all compny cars.
- tomi
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| 516.4 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | VMS++ == WNT | Mon Aug 31 1992 09:52 | 2 |
| Germany just allowed them too.
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| 516.5 | thanks | RTOEU::CLEIGH | Keine Ahnung | Tue Sep 01 1992 13:09 | 20 |
| Ora
What does "just allowed" mean please?
The T�V told me I had to disable mine last December as it was a "safety
hazard." The car was a Golf GL US model (RIP).
Anyway, I knew this was coming to the rest of the world, not just US and
Canada, and wanted to see what our Northern friends were doing. The Germany
news is news indeed. I was going to use the Scan news to speculate that through
the EG/EU that Germany would have to adopt them eventually, seems like
they decided to a wee bit sooner.
Thanks all for the info
Chad
maybe all those Chrysler cars I see around here with non-functioning lights
may start lighting up!
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| 516.6 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | VMS++ == WNT | Tue Sep 01 1992 16:10 | 2 |
| I only saw the headline in the 'Abendzeitung' a few days ago - didn't
read the article, so I don't know if it's in effect already or not.
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